GENERAL INDEX. 



863 



207 — implements used in it, i6.— 

 soil and manure, 212 — forcing, 216 

 — gathering and storing the crop,, 

 217 — list of varieties and their quali- 

 ties, 219 — diseases and insecta by 

 which attaclted, 221 — general re- 

 marks on it, 222 — its European 

 names, 223. 

 Potato brandy, distillation of, 201 — 

 disease, supposed preventive of, 212 

 — its causes, &c., 222 — onion, cul- 

 ture of the, 41 — seed, gathering, 

 &c. of, 202 — starch, manufacture 

 of, 201. 

 Potash, presence of, in plants, 20 — in- 

 fluence of, on soils and vegetation, 

 272. 

 Poterium sanquisorba, 167. 

 Pot-herbs, proportion of ground for, 



8. See Oleraceous plants. 

 Pots, evils of growing trees in, 369 — 

 culture of the pear In, 463— growing 

 the peach in, 505 — forcing vines in, 

 621 — ornamental, for orchids, 686 

 — the sizes of, 738. 

 Poultry, the dung of, as a manure, 



294. 

 Prague runner, the, 79. 

 Preserving, apples for, 429 — plums 



grown for, 533. 

 Preston Hall, growth of figs at, 301, 



553. 

 Price, Dr, on mildew of the vine, 



637. 

 Pringea antiscorhutica, the, 91. 

 Prong spade, tlie, 279. 

 Propagation, various modes of, 309 — 

 by seed, ib. — crossing or hybridising, 

 314— by giafting, 322— by budding, 

 338— by cuttmga, 346— by layers, 

 351 — by seed, peculiarities of, 315. 

 Protection, various modes of, for half- 

 hardy plants, 734. 

 Prunes, manufacture of, 525. 

 Pruning and training, importance of, 

 and their connection, 389 — works 

 on the theory and practice of, ib. — 

 then- objects, i6. — practical rules 

 for, 390 — various modes of, ib. — 

 the season for, ib. — winter- pruning, 

 391 — summer -pruning, ib. — prun- 

 ing standards, 393— pruning dwarf 

 standards, 394 — spring-pruning, ib. 

 — Hayward*s system, ib. — the 

 spiral, 395 — the horizontal mode, 

 396 — Green's mode, i&.— pruning to 

 increase vigour, 396— pruning newly 

 transplanted trees, ib. — leaf-prun- 

 ing, 399— root-pruning, ib. — root- 

 pruning the pear, 400— the apple, 

 il), — the plum, 401 — the peach and 

 nectarine, ib. — the cherry, ib. — the 

 apricot, ib. — the fig and vine, ib. — 

 ringing in various ways, 402— close 

 prunmg, 403 — apur-pruning, t6.— 

 pruning by stopping, ib. — finger- 

 pruning or disbudding, 404 — bend- 

 ing down branches of standards, ib. 

 — laying bare the roots, ib. — pro- 

 perly and improperly pruned trees, 

 405 — effects of bad pruning on wood, 

 ^, — pruning conifers, 406 — orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs, i&.— Cree's 

 system of pruning, 407— implements 

 employed in pruning, «'&.- the apple 

 and pear, see Apple and Pear— the 

 apricot, various ways of, 51&— the 

 cherry, 539— season, &c. of, for the 

 peach, 489— modes of it, ib. etseq. — 

 of the plum, modes of, 527. 

 Pruning of roses, the, 763— of shrub- 

 beries, 784. 

 Pruning-bill, the, 409 — chisel, the, 

 and its use, 408— knives, various 

 forms, &c. of, 407— saws, various, 

 408 — scissors, various kinds of, 410 

 — shears, various, 409. 

 Prunus Arraeniaca, see Apricot — 

 avium, 537— cerasus, 537— domes- 

 ticus, see Plum. 



PsDus Boscii, the, 472. 

 Psylla buxi, 825 — mali, 442 — pyri, 

 468— rosffi, 181, 828. 



Pteronus pini, 836. 

 Puddling in, transplanting by, 387. 

 Puff-balls, edible species of, 245. 

 Pulverisation as a means of improving 



the soil, 278. 

 Pumpkin, cultivation of the, 259. 



Punnet-basket, the, 92. 



Purple apple-weevil, the, 440 — labur- 

 num, peculiarity of the, 315. 



Purslane, culture of, 171. 



Pushing eye, budding with the, 345. 



Pyralis luscana, the, 466. 



Pyramid pear-trees, winter-pruning of, 

 478. 



Pyradmidalform, training of the apple 

 and pear in the, 476. 



Pyramidal training. Rivers* mode of, 

 477. 



Pyruj communis, see Pear — cydonia, 

 560 — mains, see Apple. 



Pyrus mains Brentfordensis, the, 302. 



Quenouille training of the apple and 

 pear, the, 476 — Haywarti's, 395. 



Quetache plum, manufacture of prunes 

 from the, 525. 



Quicklime as a manure, 206. 



Quince, culture of the, 560. 



Quince stocks, raising of, &c., 328 — 

 plantingthe pear on the, 448--effect8 

 of, on pears, 307. 



Quincunx transplanting, on, 388. 



Rabbits' dung as a manure, 294. 



Radish, the, early history of, 6 — 

 natural history of, 172 — its uses, 

 ib. — propagation, ib. — sowing, i6. 

 — subsequent cultivation, 174 — soil 

 and manure, ib. — gathering and 

 preserving, ib. — list of varieties, ib. 

 —general remarks, saving seed, 

 European names, &c., 175. 



Rain, fertilising ingredients brought 

 down by, 286. 



Rain-water, mineral ingredients con- 

 tained in, 18. 



Raised hillocks, transplanting on, 365. 



Rake for drawing drills, a, 33. 



Ranunculus, cultivation of the, 801. 



Rape, culture of, 171. 



Rape-cake, destruction of the wire- 

 worm by, 182 — as a manure, 292. 



Raphanus sativus, see Radish. 



Raspberry, the, advantages of trans- 

 planting, 357 — natural history of, 

 570 — its propagation , 571 — soil 

 and situation, ib. — planting, ib. — 

 winter pruning and training, 572 — 

 summer-pruning, ib. — forcing, 573 

 — select list, ib. — insects and dis- 

 eases by which attacked, 574. 



Raspberry bud-grub, the, 574 — leaf- 

 miner, ib. 



Ratifia, manufacture of, 537. 



Rats, injury done to peas by, 59. 



Red beet, its natural history, 226 — 

 its uses, ib. — propagation, ib. — sow- 

 ing and planting, id. — subsequent 

 cultivation, 227— soil and manure, 

 ib. — gathering and storing the crop, 

 ib. — list of varieties, 228— its Euro- 

 pean names, ib. — saving seed, ib. 



Red-bud caterpillar, the, 466. 



Red cabbage, culture of, 90— Euro- 

 pean names of, 116 — currant, cul- 

 ture of the. 666— list of sorts, 569— 

 footed beetle, 467— fungus on roses, 

 772— pea, 79 — plum grub, 535— 

 spider, prevention of, on the kidney 

 bean, 73 — description, &c. of it, 77, 

 514, 637, 703— truffle, 253, 



Reed mats as protectors, 736. 



Reid, Mr, definition of loam by, 267 

 — on the origin of canker in fruit 

 trees, 432. 



Reserve-garden, the, 822. 



Reversed shield -budding. 342. 



Revue Hoi-ticole, the, on the fruit- 

 room, 673. 



Rheum, sec Rhubarb. 



Rhizobius helianthemi, the, 225. 



Rhizoctonia mali, the, 5ti0. 



Rhododendrons, &c., season for graft- 

 ing, 330— culture of, 678, 686. 



Rhubarb, proportion of ground for, 

 8— natural history of, 256— its uses, 

 ib. — propagation, t&. — after cultiva- 

 tion, ib. — gathering the crop, ib. — 

 forcing, 257— saving seed, i6.— list 

 of approved sorts, «6.— its European 

 names, 258. 



Rhynchsenus nenuphar, the, 534. 



Rhynchites aliiaria, 440 — bacchus, 

 ib. — betuleti, 640— cupreus, 535. 



Ribis album, 566— nigrum, ib. — ru- 

 brum, ii>. — uvacrispa and grossula- 

 ria, see Gooseberry. 



Ridging as a means of improving the 

 sou, 279— its advantages, 282. 



Ring-budding, 344. 



Ringing, various modes of, 402. 



Rivers, Mr, on stocks for fruit-trees, 

 327 — root-pnming as practised by, 

 399 — on it, 400— list of apples 

 from, 431, 432 — on the prevention 

 of canker in the apple, 432 — on the 

 climate, &c. for the pear, 448 — on 

 its management, 450 — lists of pears 

 by, 462, 463 — his pyramidal tram- 

 ing for the apple and pear, descrip- 

 tion of, 477 — his upright training 

 of the apple and pear as espaliers, 

 479 — his mode of pendant training, 

 483 — list of peaches and nectarines 

 by, 510 — of apricots, 521' — on prun- 

 ing and training the plum, 527 — 

 list of plums by, 534— on stocks for 

 the cherry, 638 — lists of cherries 

 from, 544 — on the forcing of plums, 

 cherries, &c., 547, 648 — hybrid be- 

 tween the bramble and raspberry 

 by, 571 — on the management of 

 pears in the fruit-room, 673 — on 

 the moss rose, 750— on the Hybrid 

 China roses, 751 — on the Austrian 

 briar, 752 — on the yellow rose, ib. 

 —on the damask perpetual, 754— 

 on the China rose, 765 — on the 

 miniature roses, 756 — on the Bour- 

 bons, 768 — bis mode of budding 

 roses, 761 — on tlie Manettii rose, 

 768. 



Roberts, Mr, his mode of growing 

 strawberries, 684 — on vine borders, 

 601 — his celery blanching tiles, 

 144. 



Robertson, Mr, on propagating the 

 vine, 597. 



Rocambole, natural history, uses, cul- 

 ture, &c. of, 30. 



Rockery, the, 814. 



Rocket tinea moth, the, 824. 



Rogers, Mr, on preserving tlie spon- 

 gioles in transplanting, 362— on 

 the cultivation of the apple, 413 — 

 on pruning the peach, 489 — on the 

 almond, 569. 



Rogers, J., Esq., on atmospheric hu- 

 midity in hothouses, 651. 



Rollinson, Messrs, new heaths raised 

 by, 709. 



Roman sorrel, culture of, 138. 



Romans, culture of asparagus, &c. 

 among the, 3 — introduction of 

 the cabbage by, 81— use of aspa- 

 ragus among the, 117 — the turnip 

 among the, 183— apples known to 

 the, 411— pears, 447 — cultivation, 

 &c. of the fig by the, 551 — forcing 

 of the cucumber among the, 663. 



Romana melons, the, 668. 



Rome, the fungus-market at, 243. 



Root, propagation by cuttings of the, 

 350. 



Root extractor, the, 166. 



Root grafting, 334— the tree peony, 

 ib. 



Root-pruning, modern importance of, 

 302. 



